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ADOLPH C. STICH, 0F KAL'AMAZOU, MICHIGAN.

Letters Patent No. 70,041, dated October 22, 1867. l i

IMPROVED BED'SPRING GUIDE.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN:

.Be it known that I, ADOLPH C. STICH, of Kalamazoo, in the county of Kalamazoo, and State of Michigan, have invented a new and improved form of Bed-Spring Guide; and I do hereby declare that the following is a fuln, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation cf the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings making a part of this specication, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the whole thing together. Figure 2, 'guide to spring. l Figure is sieeve or thiinhle, seen also at fig. l, resting in slat tobedste'ad represented, d, 'with a hole through its centre, so that guide, iig. 2, will pass through it free. i Figure I is, guide, with hall-andsocket joint at the top end. The red line represents a leather strap, rubber, or any suitable material, to hold the ball in place, I l I The nature ci' my improvement' consists inA the construction of a round disk ot' wood, about six inches in4V diameter, rounding on the top side with ball-and-socket joint to its centre, so that itwillgive to anyinequalities on its surface. A rod or guide, also attached to the ball joint, ruiming down through a spiral spring., steardied at the bottom by sliding through a thimble or sleeve placed in the slats of the bedstead, so that the spring will work up and down, and keep itselt` perpendicular without the' aid ofst-rings, listing, or canvas to keep the springs from tipping over the guide, is tc steady the spring.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, `Iwill proceed to deseribeits construction and operation.

I construct the rod or guide, fig. 2, of any suitable material, with ball or knob on the top end that will {'it the socket on the under sido of disk a. The top end of,spira'l sprinlg F is attached to the lower side of disk ain any of the known forms, and the same on the top side .of slat d. The strips e are to check the rattle of the springs when they come together.

I'Iaving` described my invention, what I claim as new, and'desire to secure by Letters Pat-ent, is-l ff1. The guide, iig. 2, with spring F working through sleeve Uset in slat D, in combination with socket-joint in disk a, operating in a manner set forth andl described.

2. The ball joint in disk a, operating in the manner set iorth and described.

ADOLPH C. STICH.

Witnesses:

G. P. Donn, GEORGE F. GREEN. 

